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Microsoft · 8 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer - CTJ - POLY

Reston, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $275K/yr

6+ years exp

Microsoft has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer in the Cloud+AI Silver Team. In this role, you will manage strategic projects, interface with stakeholders, and drive adoption of Azure services in highly secured environments.

Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Drive and effectively manage strategic and complex projects with executive visibility and critical dependencies across a variety of cross functional teams

Interface with customers and/or internal stakeholders to gain necessary information to align project timelines, provide updates, and adapt plans to changing goals

Communicate effectively to keep all the stakeholders (internal Microsoft & customer) informed of the progress of the project, issues, blockers, successes, and impact to drive adoption and realize value

Manage engineering projects through Azure Dev Ops (ADO) or like engineering services tool, focused on prioritization, planning, scheduling, risk management, quality control and effective and efficient decision making for customer projects

Understand the technical challenges, constraints and blockers faced by customers and provide recommendations for solving these challenges by suggesting multiple solutions and workarounds along with pros and cons for each approach, to enable the customer / partner team to successfully deploy solutions

Develop a deep understanding of how internal and external customers use Azure to drive adoption and refine and iterate program processes, tools, and strategies based on data and feedback

Be Voice of Customer to share insights and best practices and partner with engineering, compliance, commerce, legal, and other Microsoft teams to gather feedback and translate customer demand signals into platform priorities to improve or unblock Azure solutions

Embody our culture and values

Qualification

CC++C#JavaPythonAzureProject ManagementCustomer EngagementCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role

Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination

Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements

You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions

This position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law

To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 12+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience

10+ year(s) experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects

10+ year(s) experience leading and managing customer facing projects

Dependable communication skills, verbal and written, with experience communicating to multiple stakeholder groups such as engineering, customers, end-users, and executives

Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with lots of context switching

Proven initiative and influence with demonstrated ability to solve challenging and complex problems requiring the effort and impact of a diverse cross team

Demonstrated ability to engage with customers and partners to understand their business needs and priorities